There's a second Tintin reference farther down in the story that also needs adjusting, FYI.

I was thinking "shaky cam" but I wasn't 100% sure. That you mention it too makes me think that's it.

I so loved "Space: Above and Beyond". And if memory serves, that show was the first to do the shots in space that got so overused in BSG later on - I don't know the term for the technique, but it's basically "Oh here I am in space, with a camera, just panning around on a wide shot and wait! What was that? I must…

Hail Eris!

Oh, you and your loose definitions. :P

You call an 1-hour video a "clip"?

"Max Planck"

Well, dang. I should have caught that one... I'd seen the Ford/Uncharted 3 video when it came out, should have been obvious from the decor of the house it was the same vid :/

That's one of my fave Venture Bros. episodes :)

Hah, classic old photos. Where were they taken?

This whole thing reminds me of a story... gather 'round, kids!

A Mugatu?

ZOMG images are working again?

*snort* Darth Stig :)

Slave Leia = watershed moment for fan costumes, so true, so true.

Most costumes back in the day weren't from anything specific, they were just whatever the wearer felt like making. *shrug*

That's basically my story as well. Though it wasn't so much a "friend in Japan" with my crowd, more like hitting up Japanese groceries (which had tons of VHS/Beta tapes of Japanese TV shows that were taped and sent over, and then made available for rent), or fan groups with folks around the country, who would keep…

OMG a Hector from "Saturn 5". (The big robot lookin' thing)

They should totally revive this in Abrams' reboot, so that later on, they can do an episode titled "Spock's Baby's Brain".

You know.